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FM26 Mod: Faster Match Startup

With this FM 26 mod you can skip straight into your match and avoid all pregame screens.

By on Nov 03, 2025   28547 views   18 comments
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Downloads: 4028 / Size: 31.9 MB / Added: 2025-11-03
Football Manager 2026 Mods - FM26 Mod: Faster Match Startup
Do yo want to skip straight into your match and avoid all pregame screens? Gotcha!
With this FM 26 mod, you can instantly start the game.

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How to install the Skip to Match FM26 Mod

  1. Download the file: you'll get skin-to-match-fm26-mod.zip

  2. Extract the contents of the .zip file. Doing that will get you the following files and folders:
    • BepInEx
    • dotnet
    • .doorstop_version
    • doorstop_config.ini
    • winhttp.dll

  3. Locate the Game Directory: Navigate to your Football Manager installation directory. The standard path for Windows is typically:
    \Steam\steamapps\common\Football Manager 26\

  4. Move the extracted files and folders into the game directory.

How to use the Skip to Match FM26 Mod

After starting the game the first time with the mod installed, a config will be created in BepInEx/config/brululul.fastermatchstartup.cfg.

There you can customize some settings, including auto-skip and keybind.

Enjoy!

Having issues with this mod?

Please report any problems in the GitHub repo.

Credits

This FM26 mod is created by Valerio.
You can find me on Twitter/X: @brulululI.

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Downloads: 4028 / Size: 31.9 MB / Added: 2025-11-03
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Discussion: FM26 Mod: Faster Match Startup

18 comments have been posted so far.

  • Stam's avatar
    @psyke9 @tvat: If you haven't kept backups of the original files, you can Verify integrity of game files on Steam (not sure how this is done on other platforms). Though this will restore all the game's default files within the installation folders, meaning that any other mods, including the real names fix will need to be re-applied.
  • psyke9's avatar
    how do i uninstall this?
  • tvat's avatar
    how do I uninstall this properly? i deleted the files but now the original screens are not there anymore
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  • 909's avatar
    doesn't work for me
  • amishan92's avatar
    How do I make it stop skipping the team talks?

    Someone said here "set AutoSetupOnSceneLoad to false and use the ManualTriggerKey to skip whenever you are ready" - Where is the config? what document is that? I don't understand...

    Please help!
  • bkirky's avatar
    All good, tried to run the game again and it worked. Do I need to leave the prompt window open?
  • bkirky's avatar
    When I'm trying to run FM26 it pops up saying that BepIn failed. Any ideas?
  • Chelseapaul's avatar
    this mod stops online working.. says no internet connection.

    soon as i removed the mod it works again
  • Brululul's avatar
    @Ayt7s yes the folder is correct and the box opening too. does it say anything, the box (console)?
  • Ayt7s's avatar
    @Brululul yeah, I use windows. Am I copying into the right folder or?
  • Brululul's avatar
    @Ayt7s windows?
  • Brululul's avatar
    @KaiHavertzEnthusiast
    it's skipping team talk by design, you can change the config
    - set AutoSetupOnSceneLoad to false and use the ManualTriggerKey to skip whenever you are ready (e.g after team talk)
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  • KaiHavertzEnthusiast's avatar
    its skipping team talks for me for some reason
  • Ayt7s's avatar
    The game doesn't seem to open when I have extracted the files to \Steam\steamapps\common\Football Manager 26\

    Am I doing something wrong? A black box opens with writing and thats as far as it gets
  • KaiHavertzEnthusiast's avatar
    Game changer
  • Brululul's avatar
    author here, from my understanding most plugin .dll have issues on mac, I will take a look
  • berkeed's avatar
    How can I use on Mac
  • Yrag78's avatar
    Amazing thanks!
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